InterMine: a flexible data warehouse system for the integration and analysis of heterogeneous biological data.

Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.

Abstract

SUMMARY:

InterMine is an open-source data warehouse system that facilitates the building of databases with complex data integration requirements and a need for a fast customizable query facility. Using InterMine, large biological databases can be created from a range of heterogeneous data sources, and the extensible data model allows for easy integration of new data types. The analysis tools include a flexible query builder, genomic region search and a library of 'widgets' performing various statistical analyses. The results can be exported in many commonly used formats. InterMine is a fully extensible framework where developers can add new tools and functionality. Additionally, there is a comprehensive set of web services, for which client libraries are provided in five commonly used programming languages.

AVAILABILITY:

Freely available from http://www.intermine.org under the LGPL license.